diff --git a/kiwi/mount_manager.py b/kiwi/mount_manager.py
index 2517fc93955..98ab905fb33 100644
--- a/kiwi/mount_manager.py
+++ b/kiwi/mount_manager.py
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 from kiwi.utils.temporary import Temporary
 from kiwi.command import Command
 from kiwi.exceptions import KiwiCommandError, KiwiUmountBusyError
+from kiwi.utils.block import BlockID
 
 log = logging.getLogger('kiwi')
 
@@ -119,8 +120,12 @@ def mount(self, options: List[str] = []) -> None:
             option_list = []
             if options:
                 option_list = ['-o'] + options
+            type_list = []
+            filesystem = BlockID(self.device).get_filesystem()
+            if filesystem:
+                type_list = ['-t', filesystem]
             Command.run(
-                ['mount'] + option_list + [self.device, self.mountpoint]
+                ['mount'] + type_list + option_list + [self.device, self.mountpoint]
             )
 
     def umount_lazy(self) -> None:
diff --git a/test/unit/builder/disk_test.py b/test/unit/builder/disk_test.py
index a22fd1a3580..c6afd075393 100644
--- a/test/unit/builder/disk_test.py
+++ b/test/unit/builder/disk_test.py
@@ -1305,14 +1305,16 @@ def test_create_disk_standard_root_no_hypervisor_found(
             with raises(KiwiDiskBootImageError):
                 self.disk_builder.create_disk()
 
+    @patch('kiwi.mount_manager.BlockID')
     @patch('kiwi.builder.disk.Disk')
     @patch('kiwi.builder.disk.create_boot_loader_config')
     @patch('kiwi.builder.disk.FileSystem.new')
     @patch('kiwi.builder.disk.Command.run')
     def test_create_disk_standard_root_xen_server_boot(
         self, mock_command, mock_fs, mock_create_boot_loader_config,
-        mock_Disk
+        mock_Disk, mock_BlockID
     ):
+        mock_BlockID.return_value.get_filesystem.return_value = 'xfs'
         bootloader_config = Mock()
         bootloader_config.get_boot_cmdline = Mock(
             return_value='boot_cmdline'
diff --git a/test/unit/mount_manager_test.py b/test/unit/mount_manager_test.py
index a119fdbf48b..a39137d1706 100644
--- a/test/unit/mount_manager_test.py
+++ b/test/unit/mount_manager_test.py
@@ -70,11 +70,26 @@ def test_tmpfs_mount(self, mock_mounted, mock_command):
             ['mount', '-t', 'tmpfs', 'tmpfs', '/some/mountpoint']
         )
 
+    @patch('kiwi.mount_manager.BlockID')
     @patch('kiwi.mount_manager.Command.run')
     @patch('kiwi.mount_manager.MountManager.is_mounted')
-    def test_mount(self, mock_mounted, mock_command):
+    def test_mount(self, mock_mounted, mock_command, mock_BlockID):
         mock_mounted.return_value = False
+        mock_BlockID.return_value.get_filesystem.return_value = 'vfat'
         self.mount_manager.mount(['options'])
+        mock_BlockID.assert_called_once_with('/dev/some-device')
+        mock_command.assert_called_once_with(
+            ['mount', '-t', 'vfat', '-o', 'options', '/dev/some-device', '/some/mountpoint']
+        )
+
+    @patch('kiwi.mount_manager.BlockID')
+    @patch('kiwi.mount_manager.Command.run')
+    @patch('kiwi.mount_manager.MountManager.is_mounted')
+    def test_mount_unknown_filesystem(self, mock_mounted, mock_command, mock_BlockID):
+        mock_mounted.return_value = False
+        mock_BlockID.return_value.get_filesystem.return_value = ''
+        self.mount_manager.mount(['options'])
+        mock_BlockID.assert_called_once_with('/dev/some-device')
         mock_command.assert_called_once_with(
             ['mount', '-o', 'options', '/dev/some-device', '/some/mountpoint']
         )